Description: Realist Constructivism Rethinking International Relations Theory Argues for a different approach to theories of international relations, focussing on relationship between realism and constructivism. J. Samuel Barkin (Author) 9780521198714, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 25 March 2010 204 pages 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg 'As the first major work to examine the realist-constructivist nexus in detail, Realist Constructivism is a must-read for IR scholars and students. Barkin's masterful synthesis of realism and constructivism delineates fresh analytical terrain and offers new insights about international politics. Comprehensive in both vision and scope, Realist Constructivism is a ground-breaking book and a major contribution to international relations theory.' Jennifer Sterling-Folker, University of Connecticut Realism and constructivism, two key contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of international relations, are commonly taught as mutually exclusive ways of understanding the subject. Realist Constructivism explores the common ground between the two, and demonstrates that, rather than being in simple opposition, they have areas of both tension and overlap. There is indeed space to engage in a realist constructivism. But at the same time, there are important distinctions between them, and there remains a need for a constructivism that is not realist, and a realism that is not constructivist. Samuel Barkin argues more broadly for a different way of thinking about theories of international relations, that focuses on the corresponding elements within various approaches rather than on a small set of mutually exclusive paradigms. Realist Constructivism provides an interesting new way for scholars and students to think about international relations theory. 1. Introduction 2. Definitions 3. Materialism 4. The logic of the social 5. The public interest 6. The constraints of the social 7. Agency 8. The limits of realism 9. The limits of constructivism 10. Constructivism and realism References. Subject Areas: International institutions [JPSN], International relations [JPS], Politics & government [JP], Philosophy [HP]
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BIC Subject Area 1: International institutions [JPSN]
BIC Subject Area 2: International relations [JPS]
BIC Subject Area 3: Politics & government [JP]
BIC Subject Area 4: Philosophy [HP]
Book Title: Realist Constructivism
ISBN: 0521198712
Publication Date: 25/03/2010
Item Depth: 16
Number of Pages: 204 Pages
Publication Name: Realist Constructivism: Rethinking International Relations Theory
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Government
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 360 g
Subject Area: Political Science
Author: J. Samuel Barkin
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
